Bridle



I. C. JARDINE AND I. DICKIE.

BBIDLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. 1919.

Patented June 1, 1920.

CANADA.

BRIDLE.

Specioaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 24, 1919. .Serial No. 278,974.

To all whom it may Concern.'

Be it known that we, JAMES C. JARDINE and JAMES Dioxin, both subjects ofthe King of Great Britain, residing at Summerside, Prince Edward Island,Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridles;and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to bridles and more particularly to acombination cheek and blind for bridles.

An object of the present invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which will be strong, durable and efiicient in use, and onewhich will be comparatively inexpensive in the cost of manufacture,therebyl rendering the same commercially desirable.

'Vith the above and other objects in view which will hereinafter appearas the description continues7 the invention consists of the novelfeatures of construction, combination and formation of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

ln the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of the combinationV cheek and blindembodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l in the direction ofthe'arrowV as shown; and,

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3 8 of Fig. l.

The invention will be nbest understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification, with thefurther understanding that while the drawings show a partial form of theinvention, the latter is not confined to any strict conformity with theshowing' of the drawings, but may be changed and modified so long assuch changes and modifications mark no material departure from thesalient features of the invention.

Like and corresponding parts are indicated by similar referencecharacters throughout the several views.

The device consists of a reinforcing member l made of metal, preferablysteel, which and the cheek strap and is covered by means of an outerlayer 6 and an inner layer 7 consisting of leather, which layers arestitched together as at 8. The strap 5 extends overy the outer face ofthe layer 6 and extending through the straps 3 and 5 and the outer andinner layers are the rivets 9. Vhereas we have illustrated rivets asfastening members, it is, of course, to be understood -that screws,bolts or other suitable fastening members may be used equally as well.Secured to the upper loop 4 is a buckle l() which may be connected to astrap of the bridle and secured between the lower ends of the coveringmembers 6 and 7 is a strap ll which has its free end adapted to beoonnected to a buckle l2 carried by the lower loop 4.

From the foregoing it is obvious that this i combined cheek strap andblind vmay be easily and readily attached toan ordinary bridle, therebybeing able to be substituted for the cheek straps and blinds now in use.By providing an inner stiffening member the blind cheek strap willretain its shape and thereby give a good appearance to the same andpermit the same to be used for a greater length of time than ordinaryblinds.

The outer metallic strap 5 is bent-to form the loops 4 for attachingbuckles to the bridle, but this outer metallic strap 5 may be bent uponitself to form other loops to admit the insertion of buckles whenloopless buckles are used upon the bridle.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A combined cheek strap and blind comprising a metallic frame consistingof a Patented June 1, 1920.Y

winged portion having the configuration of strap, a vertical strapsection secured to said cured within the lower strap section loop strapportion and extending parallel thereand a lower facing for said frame.

with, said vertical strap section being bent In witness whereof we havehereunto set 10 upon itself to form a loop at the upper end, our hands.

a buckle secured within said loop, the lower end of said strap sectionbeing looped over JAMES C. JARDINE.

and connected to said frame, a buckle se- JAMES DICKIE.

